A fairy tale between poetry and contemporary criticism: in "Snowflake", director Maxim Didenko unfolds a visually stunning vision of the end of a frozen world. With musical sensitivity under the direction of Leo McFall, Rimsky-Korsakov's opera tells of love, change - and the hope of a new spring.
When spring comes, Snegurochka must melt. And that means death for Rimsky-Korsakov's title character, who is made entirely of snow. The libretto is based on a fairy tale that is also a social study about love, calculation and power. Russian director Maxim Didenko's reading shows a landscape above the climatic tipping point, a hostile icy desert and at the same time a frozen society that has forgotten how to listen to each other.
The snow girl's parents take different scientific positions: will technology save the world? Or will it be the spring everyone longs for? Leo McFall pulls out all the orchestral stops for Rimsky-Korsakov's music full of beguiling melodies and catchy dances.
Premiere January 24
Further performances: January 30, February 14 and 26, March 22, April 29, 2026
